Video: Tom Daykin discusses Northridge Mall and Penzey's Spices

Bill Penzey’s plan to buy the former Northridge Mall and transform it into the headquarters for his growing spice company is still alive, despite the property owner’s 11th hour maneuver to prevent a foreclosure auction for the Milwaukee property.

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The council on Tuesday voted 10-5 to support the project, falling two votes short of the supermajority needed for approval. The zoning change needed 12 votes because a protest petition was signed by enough adjacent property owners, said Ald. Ashanti Hamilton, council president.

The opponents were Ald. Robert Bauman, whose district includes the site, along with aldermen Cavalier Johnson, Mark Borkowski, Jose Perez and Tony Zielinski.